Attic

Japanese: アティック(英語表記)attic
Attic
A band of walls forming the top of the facade of an ancient Roman building. It was distinguished from the main orders that made up the facade by a cornice and was decorated with pilasters, plaques, and reliefs. The name comes from the fact that the low pilasters were commonly called Attic. Originally, it was a decorative wall intended to hide the slope of the roof and give the facade a square shape, but in palaces and residential buildings from the Renaissance onwards, windows were installed in this wall and a new floor was added. For this reason, the top floor, or attic, also came to be called the attic.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
古代ローマ建築の正面最上部を成す帯状壁面。コーニスによって正面を構成する主たるオーダーから区別され,付け柱,銘板,浮彫などで装飾された。背の低い付け柱がアッティカ風と通称されたことにちなむ名である。本来は屋根こう配を隠し,正面を方形に整えるための装飾壁であったが,ルネサンス時代以降の宮殿・住宅建築ではこの壁に対応して窓が設けられ,新たな階が付加された。このため,この最上階すなわち屋根裏部屋もアティックと呼ぶようになった。

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